Jennifer Lopez Reveals She Starred In ‘Hustlers’ For No Pay

Jennifer Lopez is incomes career-best reviews and awards season buzz for “Hustlers,” a venture she relishes for its creative benefit above all else. 

In a GQ interview printed Monday, the actor and singer stated she wasn’t paid for her position as veteran stripper Ramona Vega within the ensemble crime drama, primarily based on a real-life case. 

“I didn’t receives a commission an entire bunch of cash for ‘Hustlers.’ I did it at no cost and produced it,” Lopez stated. Recalling her hit 2002 single, she added, “Like Jenny From the Block — I do what I like.”

“Hustlers,” which hit theaters in September, noticed Lopez because the matriarch to a bunch of strippers that included Constance Wu, Lili Reinhart, Cardi B and Lizzo. The ladies be part of forces to rip-off their rich Wall Avenue shoppers out of cash. 

Directed by Lorene Scafaria, “Hustlers” opened to critical praise and boffo box-office numbers, raking in an estimated $33 million in its first weekend. Whereas GQ reviews that Lopez was not paid “up entrance” for her efficiency, it’s probably she profited after the movie was a monetary success. 

The accolades, she stated, are what she finds probably the most personally rewarding.

“The films that I search for now, I’m searching for not simply attention-grabbing and multilayered characters, which Ramona actually was, however one thing that tells you about what’s happening within the tradition,” she said. “So the entire thought of the Wall Avenue guys was attention-grabbing to me. These women are dishonest them, however these guys are dishonest everyone!”

“So what it says about that world, and women and men, and gender roles, all of that made me really feel that this might be an attention-grabbing film, versus only a character piece,” she continued. 

Within the interview, Lopez additionally touched on her co-headlining Super Bowl halftime performance with Shakira, set to happen Feb. 2, 2020. 

“I really feel that it’s an incredible factor to have two Latina ladies in Miami headlining the Tremendous Bowl,” she stated. “And what we may do with these 12 to 14 minutes to make folks perceive our value and worth on this nation. … I believe it might be a extremely lovely celebration.”